#1905: course, forests, trees
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On November 8th the Barcelona Institute for Global Health will start an online course about GIS development for environmental research with Open Source software (QGIS, R, Python)
https://www.isglobal.org/en/-/gis-for-exposure-assessment-in-environmental-health-research -
Climate change is rising Arctic temperatures faster than the world average, and wildfires are moving to the North pole burning boreal forests and tundra, liberating large amounts of greenhouse gases
https://graphics.reuters.com/CLIMATE-CHANGE/WILDFIRE-EMISSIONS/zjvqkrwmnvx/index.html -
Green areas benefit health and well-being, so tree distribution in cities should improve to reduce heat islands, especially in the poorest communities
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150351/the-inequitable-distribution-of-urban-trees
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Raf